2024-2025 General Education Courses Common to All Pattern
The following courses appear in all three General Education Patterns, Southwestern College Associate Degree (A.S or A.A), California State University (CSU) Breadth Requirements and Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC).
Attention: Effective 2025-2026 (next year's catalog), the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) is the singular general education pathway for California Community College (CCC) students to fulfill lower-division general education requirements for transfer and admission to both the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC). See an academic counselor for more information.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| AFRO/HIST 110 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY I | 3 |
| AFRO/HIST 111 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II † | 3 |
| AFRO 151 | INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE † | 3 |
| ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE | ||
| AJ 111 | INTRODUCTION TO ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE | 3 |
| AJ 252 | CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | 3 |
| AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE | ||
| ASL 101 | AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I † | 5 |
| ASL 102 | AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II | 5 |
| ASL 201 | AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE III | 5 |
| ASL 225 | DEAF CULTURE | 3 |
| ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| ANTH 101 | BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | 3 |
| ANTH 102 | CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | 3 |
| ANTH 103 | ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY | 3 |
| ANTH 112 | CULTURES OF MEXICO | 3 |
| ANTH 115 | MAGIC, RELIGION, WITCHCRAFT, AND HEALING † | 3 |
| ART | ||
| ART 104 | INTRODUCTION TO ART † | 3 |
| ART 112 | ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICAS † | 3 |
| ART 113 | ART AND CULTURE OF PRE-HISPANIC MEXICO † | 3 |
| ART 129 | ASIAN ART † | 3 |
| ART 130/FTMA 161 | HISTORY OF FILM AS ART † | 3 |
| ART 149 | WOMEN IN WESTERN ART HISTORY, 1550- PRESENT † | 3 |
| ART 150 | ART HISTORY SURVEY---STONE AGE TO THE AGES OF FAITH | 3 |
| ART 151 | ART HISTORY-RENAISSANCE TO CONTEMPORARY | 3 |
| ART 156 | HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY † | 3 |
| ART 157 | NINETEENTH THROUGH TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ART † | 3 |
| ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| ASIA/HIST 112 | ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY I | 3 |
| ASIA/HIST 113 | ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II | 3 |
| ASIA/HIST 114 | FILIPINO-AMERICAN HISTORY | 3 |
| ASIA 115 | FILIPINO-AMERICAN CULTURE | 3 |
| ASTRONOMY | ||
| ASTR 100 | PRINCIPLES OF ASTRONOMY | 3 |
| ASTR 120 | SOLAR SYSTEM ASTRONOMY | 3 |
| ASTR 150 | DISCOVERY OF THE COSMOS | 3 |
| ASTR 170 | THE RADICAL UNIVERSE | 3 |
| ASTR 180 | LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE | 3 |
| ASTR 205 | ELEMENTARY ASTROPHYSICS | 3 |
| BIOLOGY | ||
| BIOL 100 | PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY | 3 |
| BIOL 111 | CANCER BIOLOGY | 3 |
| BIOL 130 | ANIMAL BIOLOGY: A BEHAVIORAL APPROACH | 3 |
| BIOL 140 | ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY | 3 |
| BIOL 143 | BIOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY, AND GEOSCIENCE OF BAJA CALIFORNIA | 3 |
| BIOL 145 | ECOMUNDO: ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | 3 |
| BIOL 150 | NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS | 4 |
| BIOL/CHEM 151 | INTRODUCTION TO FERMENTATION SCIENCE | 3 |
| BIOL 160 | MARINE BIOLOGY | 3 |
| BIOL 180 | HUMAN HEREDITY, EVOLUTION, AND SOCIETY | 3 |
| BIOL 185 | BIOLOGY OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS | 3 |
| BIOL 190 | HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 4 |
| BIOL 210 | GENERAL ZOOLOGY | 4 |
| BIOL 211 | INTRODUCTION TO CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 4 |
| BIOL 212 | BIOLOGY OF PLANTS | 4 |
| BIOL 215 | BIOSTATISTICS | 3 |
| BIOL 260 | HUMAN ANATOMY | 4 |
| BIOL 261 | PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY | 4 |
| BIOL 265 | GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY | 4 |
| CHEMISTRY | ||
| CHEM 100 | INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| CHEM 102 | GENERAL, ORGANIC, AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY | 5 |
| CHEM 110 | ELEMENTARY ORGANIC AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| CHEM/BIOL 151 | INTRODUCTION TO FERMENTATION SCIENCE | 3 |
| CHEM 170 | PREPARATION FOR GENERAL CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| CHEM 200 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY I | 5 |
| CHEM 210 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY II | 5 |
| CHEM 240 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I | 5 |
| CHEM 242 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II | 5 |
| CHEM 250 | ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY | 5 |
| CHILD DEVELOPMENT | ||
| CD 170 | PRINCIPLES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT | 3 |
| CHINESE | ||
| CHIN 101 | MANDARIN CHINESE I † | 5 |
| CHIN 102 | MANDARIN CHINESE II | 5 |
| COMMUNICATION | ||
| COMM 103 | ORAL COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| COMM 104 | PUBLIC SPEAKING | 3 |
| COMM 160 | ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE † | 3 |
| COMM 174 | INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| COMM 176 | INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| COMM 185/FTMA 160 | CINEMA AS A FORM OF EXPRESSION AND COMMUNICATION † | 3 |
| COMM 200/JOUR 101 | INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY † | 3 |
| ECONOMICS | ||
| ECON 100 | CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC PROBLEMS | 3 |
| ECON 101 | PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I | 3 |
| ECON 102 | PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS II | 3 |
| ENGLISH | ||
| ENGL 115 | COLLEGE COMPOSITION: READING AND WRITING ANALYTICALLY | 4 |
| ENGL 115H | HONORS COLLEGE COMPOSITION: READING AND WRITING ANALYTICALLY | 4 |
| ENGL 116 | CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENT | 4 |
| ENGL 220 | INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 225 | INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 230 | WORLD LITERATURE I | 3 |
| ENGL 231 | WORLD LITERATURE II | 3 |
| ENGL 240 | ENGLISH LITERATURE I | 3 |
| ENGL 241 | ENGLISH LITERATURE II | 3 |
| ENGL 250 | AMERICAN LITERATURE I | 3 |
| ENGL 251 | AMERICAN LITERATURE II | 3 |
| ENGL 255 | TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 256 | INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE | 3 |
| ENGL 260 | MYTHOLOGY IN LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 265 | LITERATURE AND FILM | 3 |
| ENGL 270 | MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 271 | LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 272 | CHICANO LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 273 | AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 274 | LITERATURE OF THE U.S. - MEXICO BORDERLANDS AND BAJA CALIFORNIA | 3 |
| ENGL 280 | LITERATURE BY WOMEN | 3 |
| ENGL 281 | HORROR, MADNESS, AND THE MACABRE | 3 |
| ENGLISH as a SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) | ||
| ESL 115A | COLLEGE COMPOSITION FOR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS | 4 |
| FILIPINO | ||
| FIL 101 | ELEMENTARY FILIPINO I † | 5 |
| FIL 102 | ELEMENTARY FILIPINO II | 5 |
| FIL 201 | INTERMEDIATE FILIPINO I | 5 |
| FILM, TELEVISION, AND MEDIA ARTS (FTMA) | ||
| FTMA 160/COMM 185 | CINEMA AS A FORM OF EXPRESSION AND COMMUNICATION † | 3 |
| FTMA 161/ART 130 | HISTORY OF FILM AS ART † | 3 |
| FTMA 162/HUM 112 | CULTURE AND THE MEDIA † | 3 |
| FTMA 164 | ETHNIC IMAGES IN FILM † | 3 |
| FRENCH | ||
| FREN 101 | ELEMENTARY FRENCH I † | 5 |
| FREN 102 | ELEMENTARY FRENCH II | 5 |
| FREN 201 | INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I | 5 |
| FREN 202 | INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II | 5 |
| GEOGRAPHY | ||
| GEOG 100 | INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY---PHYSICAL ELEMENTS | 3 |
| GEOG 106 | WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| GEOG 110 | INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY | 3 |
| GEOG 120 | INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY: CULTURAL ELEMENTS | 3 |
| GEOG 130 | WEATHER AND CLIMATE | 3 |
| GEOG 160 | GEOGRAPHY OF CALIFORNIA | 3 |
| GEOLOGY | ||
| GEOL 100 | PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY | 3 |
| GEOL 104 | INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCE | 3 |
| GEOL 110 | INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY | 3 |
| GEOL 115 | DINOSAURS AND THE STORY OF EARTH | 3 |
| HEALTH | ||
| HLTH 121 | CULTURAL ASPECTS OF FOOD AND NUTRITION | 3 |
| HLTH 212 | INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH | 3 |
| HISTORY | ||
| HIST 100 | AMERICAN CIVILIZATION I | 3 |
| HIST 101 | AMERICAN CIVILIZATION II | 3 |
| HIST 104 | WESTERN CIVILIZATION I | 3 |
| HIST 105 | WESTERN CIVILIZATION II | 3 |
| HIST 106 | WORLD HISTORY I | 3 |
| HIST 107 | WORLD HISTORY II | 3 |
| HIST/AFRO 110 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY I | 3 |
| HIST/AFRO 111 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II | 3 |
| HIST/ASIA 112 | ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY I | 3 |
| HIST/ASIA 113 | ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II | 3 |
| HIST/ASIA 114 | FILIPINO-AMERICAN HISTORY | 3 |
| HIST 121 | LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES I | 3 |
| HIST 122 | LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES II | 3 |
| HIST 132 | WOMEN IN WORLD HISTORY | 3 |
| HIST/MAS 141 | MEXICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY I | 3 |
| HIST/MAS 142 | MEXICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II | 3 |
| HIST 160 | MODERN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | 3 |
| HUMANITIES | ||
| HUM 101 | HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ARTS I | 3 |
| HUM 102 | HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ARTS II | 3 |
| HUM 104 | INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES: ARTS AND IDEAS | 3 |
| HUM 112/FTMA 162 | CULTURE AND THE MEDIA † | 3 |
| HUM 120 | INTRODUCTION TO GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES | 3 |
| HUM 121 | WOMEN AND GENDER IN WORLD CULTURE | 3 |
| HUM 122 | WOMEN AND GENDER IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | 3 |
| HUM 123 | WOMEN AND GENDER IN WORLD ART | 3 |
| HUM 140 | WORLD MYTHOLOGY | 3 |
| ITALIAN | ||
| ITAL 101 | ELEMENTARY ITALIAN I † | 5 |
| ITAL 102 | ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II | 5 |
| ITAL 201 | INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I | 5 |
| ITAL 202 | INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN II | 5 |
| JAPANESE | ||
| JPN 101 | BEGINNING JAPANESE I † | 5 |
| JPN 101B | CONTINUATION OF ELEMENTARY JAPANESE | 3 |
| JPN 102 | BEGINNING JAPANESE II | 5 |
| JPN 201 | INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE I | 5 |
| JPN 202 | INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE II | 5 |
| JOURNALISM | ||
| JOUR 101/COMM 200 | INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY † | 3 |
| MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| MAS 100 | CHICANA AND CHICANO HERITAGE | 3 |
| MAS 110 | INTRODUCTION TO CHICANA AND CHICANO STUDIES | 3 |
| MAS/HIST 141 | MEXICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY I | 3 |
| MAS/HIST 142 | MEXICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II | 3 |
| MAS 150 | MEXICAN AND MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURES IN THE UNITED STATES | 3 |
| MAS 170 | CRITICAL ISSUES IN CHICANA/LATINA STUDIES | 3 |
| MAS 180 | RACE AND CLASS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST | 3 |
| MATH | ||
| MATH 100 | MATHEMATICS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION | 3 |
| MATH 101 | COLLEGE ALGEBRA | 3 |
| MATH 115 | STATWAY II | 4 |
| MATH 118 | FINITE MATHEMATICS | 3 |
| MATH 119 | ELEMENTARY STATISTICS | 4 |
| MATH 120 | CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS ANALYSIS | 4 |
| MATH 121 | APPLIED CALCULUS I | 3 |
| MATH 122 | APPLIED CALCULUS II | 3 |
| MATH 244 | PRE-CALCULUS WITH TRIGONOMETRY | 6 |
| MATH 250 | ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS I | 5 |
| MATH 251 | ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS II | 4 |
| MATH 252 | ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS III | 4 |
| MATH 253 | INTRODUCTION TO DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS | 3 |
| MATH 254 | INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR ALGEBRA | 3 |
| MATH 260 | DISCRETE MATHEMATICS | 3 |
| MATH 265 | DISCRETE STRUCTURES | 3 |
| MUSIC | ||
| MUS 105 | INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC † | 3 |
| MUS 106 | INTRODUCTION TO JAZZ † | 3 |
| MUS 107 | AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC † | 3 |
| MUS 195 | WORLD MUSIC † | 3 |
| MUS 202 | DEVELOPMENT OF MARIACHI: STYLE AND CULTURE † | 3 |
| PHILOSOPHY | ||
| PHIL 101 | INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | 3 |
| PHIL 103 | LOGIC AND CRITICAL THINKING | 3 |
| PHIL 106 | WORLD RELIGIONS | 3 |
| PHIL 107 | ASIAN PHILOSOPHY | 3 |
| PHIL 120 | ETHICS: THEORY AND PRACTICE | 3 |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCE | ||
| PHS 101 | INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 3 |
| PHS/GEOG/GEOL 110 | INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY | 3 |
| PHYSICS | ||
| PHYS 150 | FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS I | 3 |
| PHYS 152 | FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS II | 3 |
| PHYS 270 | PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS I | 3 |
| PHYS 272 | PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS II | 3 |
| PHYS 274 | PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS III | 3 |
| PORTUGUESE | ||
| PORT 101 | ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE I † | 5 |
| PORT 102 | ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE II | 5 |
| POLITICAL SCIENCE | ||
| PS 101 | INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE | 3 |
| PS 102 | INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | 3 |
| PS 103 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT | 3 |
| PS 104 | INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 3 |
| PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| PSYC 101 | GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| PSYC 106 | HUMAN SEXUALITY | 3 |
| PSYC 109 | THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DEATH AND DYING | 3 |
| PSYC/SOC 116 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| PSYC 211 | INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| PSYC 230 | DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| PSYC 250 | ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| PSYC 260 | INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| PSYC/SOC 270 | STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | 3 |
| PSYC/SOC 280 | STATISTICAL METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | 4 |
| SOCIOLOGY | ||
| SOC 101 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY | 3 |
| SOC 106 | RACE AND ETHNICITY | 3 |
| SOC 107 | SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION | 3 |
| SOC 110 | CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS | 3 |
| SOC/PSYC 116 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| SOC 135 | SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY | 3 |
| SOC 140 | SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER † | 3 |
| SOC 255 | INTRO TO SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS | 3 |
| SOC/PSYC 270 | STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | 3 |
| SOC/PSYC 280 | STATISTICAL METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | 4 |
| SPANISH | ||
| SPAN 101 | ELEMENTARY SPANISH I † | 5 |
| SPAN 101B | CONTINUATION OF ELEMENTARY SPANISH | 3 |
| SPAN 101H | HONORS ELEMENTARY SPANISH I † | 5 |
| SPAN 102 | ELEMENTARY SPANISH II | 5 |
| SPAN 201 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I | 5 |
| SPAN 202 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II | 5 |
| SPAN 215 | SPANISH FOR BILINGUALS I | 5 |
| SPAN 216 | SPANISH FOR BILINGUALS II | 5 |
| SPAN 221 | INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE FOR BILINGUALS | 5 |
| SPAN 225 | INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION AND WRITING ON SPANISH CULTURE | 3 |
| SPAN 226 | INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION AND WRITING ON LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE | 3 |
| THEATRE ARTS | ||
| TA 100 | SURVEY OF DRAMA † | 3 |
| TA 101 | INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATRE † | 3 |
| TA 102 | PLAY ANALYSIS FOR PERFORMANCE, PRODUCTION, AND APPRECIATION † | 3 |
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Courses with no prerequisite, no recommended preparation.
NOTE: Courses common to all three General Education patterns.